CSXT 1776, Honoring our Veterans Unit leads CSX I028 northbound through downtown Sebree, KY, on the Henderson Subdivision on November 30th, 2022 with a loaded intermodal train.
On April 30, 2019, CSX unveiled locomotives 911 and this one, 1776. The two locomotives were created to honor the first responders and veterans. Another special unit, CSX 3194, was unveiled on August 22, 2019, in honor of the law enforcement.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 110.
CSXT 993 heads up CSX intermodal I028 as it passes M513, in the siding, at the north end of Slaughters, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision on January 4th, 2023.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 100.
CSXT 3368 and 4538 head up a very long loaded coal train, C015, as it approaches Pembroke, Kentucky on January 12th, 2022, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision out of Casky Yard at Hopkinsville, Ky. The coal on this train comes from White Oak Mine on the Evansville Western Railway in Indiana and runs back to the Seminole Electric Seminole Generating Station at Bostwick, FL.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/320, ISO 110.
Saturday Infrared photo – Drama is one of the major things I like about the look of black and white Infrared photography of trains! It produces a great look for that I love, as with this shot of empty CSX grain express train, G304 as it rounds the curve coming into downtown Mortons Gap, Kentucky shows as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 18-250 @ 22mm, f/4, 1/550, ISO 200.
CSXT 993 leads hot intermodal I028 across the Ohio River from Henderson, Kentucky as it heads north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision at Rahm, Indiana on January 4th, 2022. From here it heads down the long viaduct over the flood plain into Evansville, IN as it makes its run from Duval Yard at Jacksonville, FL to Bedford Park, IL (Chicago).
The CSX Henderson Subdivision is part of the Nashville Division, and it runs between Nashville, Tennessee, and Evansville Indiana for a length of about 145.3 miles of mainline track. On average it sees around 20-30 trains a day, with four of them being hot intermodals.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 120.
CSXT 866 leads a short I026 intermodal (Duval Yard – Jacksonville, FL to Bedford Park, IL) under the North Main Street overpass on January 3rd, 2023, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision at Madisonville, Kentucky.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 100.
CSXT 783 and 3229 pass through the south end of the siding at Hanson, Kentucky on January 2nd, 2022, as they lead M648 north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on a dreary overcast winter day.
The CSX Henderson Subdivision is part of the Nashville Division, and it runs between Nashville, Tennessee, and Evansville Indiana for a length of about 145.3 miles of mainline track. On average it sees around 20-30 trains a day, with four of them being hot intermodals.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 120.
January 7th, 2023 – Episode 1 – In this week’s edited video we catch rail action between Rahm, Indiana and Mortons Gap, Kentucky along the CSX Henderson Subdivision, mostly from the air! This week we spend a lot of time in the air, where we catch southbound M503 at Mortons Gap, Ky, B207 northbound at Mortons Gap, M648 northbound at Hanson, I026 northbound at Madisonville and I025 southbound up the viaduct at Rahm, Indiana! Enjoy!
For this week I worked on my skills of shooting footage from the ground and the air on most of my trains. If you weren’t aware, drones don’t shoot audio, because all you’d hear is the sound of the motors on the drone. You have to either lay a music track in post editing, go with no audio, record with an external digital recorder or shoot with a second camera on the ground for audio.
I go with the latter, using my iPhone 14 Pro, on a tripod, and then using Adobe Premiere Pro I edit the two together, syncing the audio on the ground video with the footage from the air. In case you aren’t aware, I fly a DJI Air 2S and I match the frame rates between the two to 4K at 24fps.
Most of my Saturday videos are about 17-22 minutes long and so when I export the video I do so in full HD and not 4K. The 4k file comes out to be around 10-12 TB in size and the HD file is about 3-4 TB, which is much more manageable. If you have any questions about the process I use, just leave them in the comments here or on the video in question! – Jim
CSXT 6402 heads up the power at Atkinson Yard at Madisonville, Kentucky as they work the yard job in the early morning fog on New Year’s Day on January 1st, 2023, on the Henderson Subdivision.
The old saying is what you do on the first day of the new year determines what youll do all year long and so I made sure to get trackside today where I caught this action and a couple of videos that will be in next Saturdays edited video post!
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/730, ISO 120.
CSXT 5274 leads M501 (Barr Yard – Chicago, IL to Radnor Yard – Nashville, TN) heads south on the Earlington Cutoff, that runs around downtown Earlington and Madisonville, KY on a cold winters evening, as it heads for Nashville, TN on the Henderson Subdivision, December 27th, 2022.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 120.
CSXT 352 heads up CSX G421, a loaded grain train, as passes through Mortons Junction through the freshly fallen snow and extremely frigid weather at Mortons Gap, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision, in the 5-degree weather on December 23rd, 2022.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/8000, ISO 110.
CSXT 3161 heads up CSX I028 as it spits the signals at the south end of the siding at Latham as it makes its way north through the freshly fallen snow at Hopkinsville, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision in the 5-degree weather! This is the scene I posted a Waiting on a Train photo from last Friday, December 23rd, 2022.
On this Christmas Day I’m posting one of my favorite snow scenes from this year of CSX Intermodal I026 (Duval Yard – Jacksonville, FL to Bedford Park, IL) as it heads upgrade out of Mortons Junction on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Kentucky on January 7th, 2022. I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
This Saturday’s edited video is a bit different as it was all shot in B&W Infrared!
Not really the best time of the year to shoot Infrared as it works best when it has a lot of greenery in the scene. I have been considering doing this for awhile now and decided to take it on as a challenge to see what I could come up with during the starkness of the winter.
The videos were all shot on my Fuji XT1 which was converted to 720nm Infrared! If you’re interested in seeing still shots that I do in Infrared then pay a visit to my website at http://www.jimpearsonphotography.com or my Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/jimpearsonsp… where you’ll find the photography end of my passion.
My videos are also posted there as well. I hope you all enjoy my latest edited video and I plan to do IR video occasionally, but probably when were into Spring and Summer. If you have any questions just drop them in the comments! – Jim
CSXT 928 leads M513 as it navigates the S curve at Nortonville, Kentucky, during the golden hour, as they head south on the Henderson Subdivision on October 14th, 2022.
CSXT 1776, Honoring our Veterans Unit on November 30th, 2022, leads CSX I028 out of Slaughters, KY, on the Henderson Subdivision on November 30th, 2022.
On April 30, 2019, CSX unveiled locomotives 911 and this one, 1776. The two locomotives were created to honor the first responders and veterans. Another special unit, CSX 3194, was unveiled on August 22, 2019, in honor of the law enforcement.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 140.
CSX E164 (doubled up empty coal train) as it passes through the crossing in downtown Sebree, Kentucky, northbound on October 13th, 2022, on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 100, -.7stops.
In today’s Infrared view we find CSXT 542 leading Intermodal I028 as it approaches the north Main Street Overpass at Madisonville, KY on October 10th, 2022, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 24mm, f/4.5, 1/500, ISO 200.
